Telefocus historical image gallery

Telefocus is the BT Archives image gallery showcasing over 1,500 historic photographs from the archive collections, from the 1860s onwards. The gallery offers a fascinating insight into the history of telecommunications through free downloadable images and includes:

1860s - The Atlantic telegraph, its routes & information on the S.S. Great Eastern

circa 1860 - a Birmingham telegraph lineman complete with top hat which was used to keep his tools in